B. F. Goodrich smoke stacks, Akron, 1983

Photograph of the smoke stacks at the B. F. Goodrich Company complex on South Main Street in Akron, Ohio; built in 1920, they were refurbished by R and P Industrial Chimney Inc. of Lexington, Kentucky. The top 15 feet of the south stack and the top 40 feet of the north stack were replaced, they were chemically cleaned, and new lightning rods were installed.

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Photograph of the smoke stacks at the B. F. Goodrich Company complex on South Main Street in Akron, Ohio; built in 1920, they were refurbished by R and P Industrial Chimney Inc. of Lexington, Kentucky. The top 15 feet of the south stack and the top 40 feet of the north stack were replaced, they were chemically cleaned, and new lightning rods were installed.

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